The new technology will enable Gazprom Neft to improve its production of refined distillates at its Moscow oil refinery. The refiner will combine UOP Distillate Unionfining hydroprocessing solutions with EMRE's distillate de-waxing technology to produce low-sulfur diesel.

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Honeywell's UOP and ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co.
(EMRE) have finalized a technology licensing agreement with a
subsidiary of Gazprom Neft, the companies announced on
Thursday.

The deal was arranged under a joint marketing alliance
between UOP and EMRE.

The new technology will enable Gazprom to improve its
production of refined distillates at its Moscow oil refinery.
The refiner will combine UOP Distillate Unionfining
hydroprocessing solutions with EMRE's distillate de-waxing
technology to produce low-sulfur diesel.

"The combined UOP and EMRE technology platform offers the
Moscow Oil Refinery a single, integrated
solution for its hydroprocessing and fuel de-waxing needs,"
said Pete Piotrowski, vice president and general manager
of UOP's process technology and equipment
business.

The Moscow refinery will install a
hydroprocessing unit using UOP and EMRE technology as part of the plant's modernization program. The project will integrate UOP
Distillate Unionfining technology with EMRE's
MIDW processes for de-waxing diesel feedstocks.